| Serial Number | 79125557 |
| Word Mark | E-T-A |
| Filing Date | Wednesday, August 22, 2012 |
| Status | 706 - SECTION 71 ACCEPTED |
| Status Date | Tuesday, September 16, 2025 |
| Registration Number | 4774607 |
| Registration Date | Tuesday, July 21, 2015 |
| Mark Drawing | 3 - Illustration: Drawing or design which also includes word(s) / letter(s) / number(s) |
| Published for Opposition Date | Tuesday, May 5, 2015 |
| Description of Mark | The mark consists of the design of stylized circuit lines within a circle with the letters "E-T-A" to the right of the design. |
| Goods and Services | Scientific, nautical, surveying, measuring, signalling, supervisory apparatus and instruments, namely, intelligent bus systems comprised of power modules, electrical circuit breakers, cables, converter connector cables, voltage supply, software, and touch panels based on CAN-Technology and Multiplexing technique for the protection and control of electrical installations in recreational and work boats and vehicles, electrical protection devices, namely, electronic and mechanical protection relays and switchgears for electrically measurable physical dimensions like current, voltage, temperature, frequency, pressure, resistance, power, energy; apparatus and instruments for conducting, switching, transforming, accumulating, regulating or controlling electricity, namely, electronic circuits, microcircuits, circuit boards, circuit breakers, miniature circuit breaker (MCBs), residual current circuit breakers (RCDs), residual current operated circuit breakers with overcurrent protection (RCBOs), molded-case circuit breakers (MCCBs), remote-controlled circuit breakers, [ arc fault detection and protection devices for AC and DC distribution and generation networks, namely, arc fault circuit breakers (AFCBs), arc fault circuit interrupters (AFCIs), arc fault monitors (AFMs) and related technologies in the nature of arc fault sensors and integrated circuits incorporating arc fault detection algorithms for installation in conventional and renewable energy grids operated by AC or DC including smart grid applications; ] data processing apparatus, computers; computer software for configurating, programming and controlling power distribution systems based on CAN-Technology and Multiplexing technique; computer software for preventing fires by arc fault detection in photovoltaic systems, electric and hybrid vehicles, aircraft on-board electrical systems, and in data processing centers; software for overcurrent and shortcircuit detection in automatic circuit breakers, smart power relays; electrical and electronic apparatus and instruments and parts thereof, in particular circuit breakers for equipment protection, flow-rate meters and current monitors, and electric sensors; electrical and electronic switching, protecting, controlling and measuring devices, namely, electric cut-off switches, disconnectors in the nature of cut-out switches, voltage surge protectors, electric control panels, ohmmeters; electrically remote-controlled switching devices, namely, automatically operated switches, electrically remote-controlled manually operated switches, electrically remote-controlled rocker switches, electrically remote-controlled toggle switches, electrically remote-controlled push button switches, electrically remote-controlled circuit breakers; electric relays; electronic and mechanical switching relays as well as switching amplifiers; electronic, mechatronics-based overcurrent protection, namely, surge protectors, circuit breakers, automatic circuit breakers, electronic circuits; overcurrent circuit breakers; residual current circuit breakers; thermal, thermal-magnetic, magnetic and magnetic-hydraulic circuit breakers for equipment protection; electric circuit breakers and start-up power switches with thermal and electromagnetic triggering; electrical and electronic circuit breakers for land vehicles, aircraft and watercraft; electrical and electronic circuit breakers for motor vehicles, airplanes and ships; motor protection circuit breakers; power circuit breakers; electric overcurrent switches; automatic cut-out switches; high-frequency switches; overvoltage cut-out switches; temperature switches; electric flasher switches; remote controlled power switches; power disconnectors, namely, trip units for circuit breakers and cut-out switches; circuit fuses for motor vehicles, telephone and telegraph systems; devices and systems for the distribution of electrical energy, namely, power transformers, uninterruptible power supplies, electrical conductors for transformers, power distribution units; electric voltage regulators; BUS-controlled shipboard wiring systems, in particular consisting of electric circuit breakers, electric microcontrollers, modules for BUS-coupling; integrated circuits, integrated semiconductor circuits and thick film hybrid circuits; electrical and electronic monitoring equipment, namely, electrometers, digital and analog multimeters; current monitors; voltage monitors; [ flow measuring devices in the nature of flow meters for gaseous, liquid and solid media; ] electric voltmeters |
| Indication of Colors claimed | Color is not claimed as a feature of the mark. |
| International Class | 009 - Scientific, nautical, surveying, photographic, cinematographic, optical, weighing, measuring, signalling, checking (supervision), life-saving and teaching apparatus and instruments; apparatus and instruments for conducting, switching, transforming, accumulating, regulating or controlling electricity; apparatus for recording, transmission or reproduction of sound or images; magnetic data carriers, recording discs; automatic vending machines and mechanisms for coin operated apparatus; cash registers, calculating machines, data processing equipment and computers; fire extinguishing apparatus. |
| US Class Codes | 021, 023, 026, 036, 038 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Monday, February 25, 2013 |
| Primary Code | 009 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Party Name | Ellenberger & Poensgen GmbH |
| Party Type | 30 - Original Registrant |
| Legal Entity Type | 16 - Limited Liability Company |
| Address | Altdorf 90518 DE |
| Party Name | Ellenberger & Poensgen GmbH |
| Party Type | 20 - Owner at Publication |
| Legal Entity Type | 16 - Limited Liability Company |
| Address | DE |
| Party Name | Ellenberger & Poensgen GmbH |
| Party Type | 10 - Original Applicant |
| Legal Entity Type | 16 - Limited Liability Company |
| Address | DE |
| Event Date | Event Description |
| Wednesday, March 6, 2013 | NON-FINAL ACTION MAILED - REFUSAL SENT TO IB |
| Thursday, February 21, 2013 | SN ASSIGNED FOR SECT 66A APPL FROM IB |
| Friday, February 22, 2013 | LIMITATION FROM ORIGINAL APPLICATION ENTERED |
| Monday, February 25, 2013 | NEW APPLICATION OFFICE SUPPLIED DATA ENTERED |
| Monday, February 25, 2013 | ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER |
| Friday, March 1, 2013 | APPLICATION FILING RECEIPT MAILED |
| Tuesday, March 5, 2013 | NON-FINAL ACTION WRITTEN |
| Wednesday, March 6, 2013 | NON-FINAL ACTION (IB REFUSAL) PREPARED FOR REVIEW |
| Wednesday, March 6, 2013 | REFUSAL PROCESSED BY MPU |
| Tuesday, May 13, 2014 | FINAL REFUSAL WRITTEN |
| Monday, March 25, 2013 | REFUSAL PROCESSED BY IB |
| Friday, September 6, 2013 | TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED |
| Friday, September 6, 2013 | CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE |
| Saturday, September 7, 2013 | TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED |
| Monday, September 30, 2013 | SUSPENSION LETTER WRITTEN |
| Monday, September 30, 2013 | LETTER OF SUSPENSION E-MAILED |
| Monday, September 30, 2013 | NOTIFICATION OF LETTER OF SUSPENSION E-MAILED |
| Tuesday, April 15, 2014 | ASSIGNED TO LIE |
| Monday, April 21, 2014 | SUSPENSION CHECKED - TO ATTORNEY FOR ACTION |
| Tuesday, May 13, 2014 | FINAL REFUSAL E-MAILED |
| Monday, September 22, 2014 | CONTINUATION OF FINAL REFUSAL E-MAILED |
| Tuesday, May 13, 2014 | NOTIFICATION OF FINAL REFUSAL EMAILED |
| Wednesday, July 23, 2014 | NOTIFICATION OF POSSIBLE OPPOSITION CREATED, TO BE SENT TO IB |
| Wednesday, July 23, 2014 | NOTIFICATION OF POSSIBLE OPPOSITION SENT TO IB |
| Thursday, August 7, 2014 | NOTIFICATION OF POSSIBLE OPPOSITION - PROCESSED BY IB |
| Wednesday, August 27, 2014 | TEAS REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION RECEIVED |
| Wednesday, August 27, 2014 | CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE |
| Thursday, August 28, 2014 | TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED |
| Monday, September 22, 2014 | ACTION CONTINUING A FINAL - COMPLETED |
| Monday, September 22, 2014 | NOTIFICATION OF SUBSEQUENT FINAL EMAILED |
| Thursday, March 19, 2015 | EXAMINER'S AMENDMENT ENTERED |
| Thursday, March 19, 2015 | EXAMINERS AMENDMENT -WRITTEN |
| Thursday, March 19, 2015 | EXAMINERS AMENDMENT E-MAILED |
| Thursday, March 19, 2015 | NOTIFICATION OF EXAMINERS AMENDMENT E-MAILED |
| Thursday, March 19, 2015 | APPROVED FOR PUB - PRINCIPAL REGISTER |
| Wednesday, April 15, 2015 | NOTIFICATION OF POSSIBLE OPPOSITION SENT TO IB |
| Monday, March 30, 2015 | LAW OFFICE PUBLICATION REVIEW COMPLETED |
| Wednesday, April 15, 2015 | NOTIFICATION OF NOTICE OF PUBLICATION E-MAILED |
| Wednesday, April 15, 2015 | NOTICE OF START OF OPPOSITION PERIOD CREATED, TO BE SENT TO IB |
| Wednesday, December 9, 2015 | FINAL DISPOSITION PROCESSED |
| Friday, February 26, 2021 | NEW REPRESENTATIVE AT IB RECEIVED |
| Saturday, May 2, 2015 | NOTIFICATION PROCESSED BY IB |
| Tuesday, May 5, 2015 | PUBLISHED FOR OPPOSITION |
| Tuesday, May 5, 2015 | OFFICIAL GAZETTE PUBLICATION CONFIRMATION E-MAILED |
| Tuesday, July 21, 2015 | REGISTERED-PRINCIPAL REGISTER |
| Wednesday, October 21, 2015 | FINAL DISPOSITION NOTICE CREATED, TO BE SENT TO IB |
| Wednesday, December 9, 2015 | FINAL DISPOSITION NOTICE SENT TO IB |
| Thursday, December 31, 2015 | FINAL DECISION TRANSACTION PROCESSED BY IB |
| Tuesday, July 21, 2020 | COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 71 (6-YR) E-MAILED |
| Thursday, December 30, 2021 | NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF SEC. 71 - E-MAILED |
| Monday, September 26, 2022 | PARTIAL INVALIDATION OF REG EXT PROTECTION SENT TO IB |
| Tuesday, July 6, 2021 | TEAS SECTION 71 RECEIVED |
| Monday, July 19, 2021 | CASE ASSIGNED TO POST REGISTRATION PARALEGAL |
| Tuesday, July 20, 2021 | OFFICE ACTION ISSUED POU1 |
| Wednesday, December 22, 2021 | TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION-POST REG RECEIVED |
| Thursday, December 30, 2021 | REGISTERED-SEC.71 ACCEPTED |
| Tuesday, August 30, 2022 | PARTIAL INVALIDATION OF REG EXT PROTECTION CREATED |
| Thursday, September 8, 2022 | INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION RENEWED |
| Monday, September 26, 2022 | INVALIDATION PROCESSED |
| Friday, June 6, 2025 | TEAS SECTION 71 RECEIVED |
| Monday, September 8, 2025 | CASE ASSIGNED TO POST REGISTRATION PARALEGAL |
| Tuesday, September 16, 2025 | REGISTERED-SEC.71 ACCEPTED |
| Tuesday, September 16, 2025 | NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF SEC. 71 - E-MAILED |
| Monday, October 31, 2022 | PARTIAL INVALIDATION PROCESSED BY THE IB |
| Sunday, July 21, 2024 | COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 71 (10-YR) E-MAILED |